We are a group of gardeners and plant lovers who meet monthly to talk about gardening. We also share plants, seeds and cuttings, and learn from horticultural guest presenters.
Our next meeting is Monday October 19th and is a members-only event. We will have our regular social time (11:30-noon) and business meeting (12:00-1:00 pm) at the Center for Spiritual Living, 14 Hillary Lane, Chico, CA 95973. Then we will all drive or carpool to this month's activity, which will be a "make and take" tile workshop facilitated by our own member Jessica B. (call her to register or if you have questions: 530-228-6791).
The cost is $10.00 per tile per participant for supplies. Participants will take home a tile(s) and bring it back to our November meeting for the final grouting. The fun tile workshop will meet at 14052 Limousin Dr., Chico immediately after our business meeting. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chair.
A nice amaryllis flower in a member's October garden. Botanically, "amaryllis" are known as Hippeastrum, and they thrive in Chico in the ground or in large pots in full or partial sun. Try to give them a very dry August/September if possible. Most will flower in early summer, but sometimes they toss up a bloom stalk randomly at any time of year, like in this month's photo.
October's Photo:
October gardening activities
Plant purchased or home-grown seedlings of autumn vegetables: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Swiss chard, kale, and lettuce.
Plant garlic--last chance!
Take stem cuttings of geraniums and butterfly bushes (Buddleia) and root in potting mix outdoors. Do extras to donate to our club's annual plant sale in April
Plant seeds of hardy annuals that will flower in the spring: cornflower, nasturtium, nigella, poppies, sweet peas, sweet alyssum, and more.
Plant seeds of biennials outdoors to have small plants by autumn that will flower next year (forget-me-nots, evening primroses (Oenothera), foxgloves, hollyhocks, Canterbury bells, lunaria, etc)
Direct-seed carrots, leaf lettuce, onions, spinach, beets, and turnips in the
Scatter seeds of California poppies, clarkia, and African daisies around the garden. They'll sprout in late autumn/early winter and will flower next spring
Plant potatoes
Dig up and divide clumps of bearded iris, daylilies, and peonies if you wish to make more of them.
Order or purchase in-person spring bulbs to plant in October/November for spring blooms.🌷
Beautiful downtown Chico, California
Fresh tomatoes from a member's garden.
Butterfly bushes (Buddleia sp.), Rudbeckia, canna lilies and zinnias in a member's summer garden.
Club members at one of several "potting parties" to prepare plants for our fund-raising spring Plant Sale
